Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.
Quotes to Explore
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid.
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We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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I was tested against the best.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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I will never have a problem working with anybody. I will even work with a man if he dresses up like a woman, because it's my job. I am here to act.
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I typically work out 20-30 minutes every morning to get the day started.
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I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and then walk over and pet them. I'm like the optimistic dieter who fills her closet with clothes two sizes too small and dreams of the day she can wear them. I know just what I want to do when I retire.
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In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.
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I cannot count the good people I know who to my mind would be even better if they bent their spirits to the study of their own hungers.
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It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.
